August 13th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In recent days, two Middle Tennessee mothers left their young children inside hot vehicles, only to find them dead hours later. Continue reading »
July 20th, 2012 | Research | Comments Off
Spurred by the senseless hazing death of Robert Champion at Florida A&M University in November 2011, U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority member) proposed legislation, on May 31, 2012, to end hazing on college campuses.
July 11th, 2012 | Alumni | Comments Off
Doreen Flynn is the mother of three young girls with an incurable blood disorder called Fanconi anemia. Jordan, 13, and twins Jorja and Julia, 7, will all need bone transplants to survive. Their mother fears there won’t be a match for her girls when the time comes. Or worse, that if a match is found that the donor won’t follow through and donate.
September 27th, 2011 | Research | Comments Off
Sept 26 (Reuters) – U.S. regulators disclosed they may take action against Standard & Poor’s for securities law violations after the ratings agency gave top grades to a package of securitized mortgages in 2007 that quickly soured. Continue reading »
September 26th, 2011 | Research | Comments Off
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After decades of new laws to toughen sentencing for criminals, prosecutors have gained greater leverage to extract guilty pleas from defendants and reduce the number of cases that go to trial, often by using the threat of more serious charges with mandatory sentences or other harsher penalties. Continue reading »
September 26th, 2011 | Research | Comments Off
RALEIGH (AP) — Fifteen hours after Troy Davis was executed, two men walked out of a North Carolina prison after being exonerated of a murder they had pleaded guilty to committing more than 10 years ago.N.C. Continue reading »
September 21st, 2011 | Student Life | Comments Off
Twenty years ago, in 1991, Troy Davis was convicted of killing a police officer in Savannah, Ga. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, the Georgia board of pardons denied a bid to delay his execution, and state officials scheduled his death for the following day at 7 p.m. Continue reading »
September 19th, 2011 | Research | Comments Off
After decades of issuing court orders, judges across the country have shown in recent years that they want to get out of school desegregation, said Wendy Parker, a professor at Wake Forest University. Continue reading »
September 2nd, 2011 | Research | Comments Off
Illinois — Didn’t get a check in your birthday card this year? Would you sue over it? A brother and sister in Illinois did. Continue reading »
August 30th, 2011 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest University School of Law Visiting Professor Iyiola Solanke talks about “Public Unrest, Social Institutions and Trust” in an op/ed piece in HuffingtonPost.com.
